“I would not re-look at that,” Samson said. “I still report to an owner, but were it up to me I would not give a no-trade clause. It just hampers you too much and you don’t know what’s going to happen. I don’t think we’re having any problem signing free agents because of what happened in 2012. If we offer more years or more money, people will come to play and frankly a tie will go to Miami for many of the players. It’s such a great ballpark and a great place to live.

“The problem with no-trade clauses, they never are to the benefit of the team, ever, and they don’t make much sense to me.”

Of course, the Giancarlo Stanton contract issue came up again as well. Stanton is arbitration-eligible for the first time this offseason. Within the last couple of weeks, General Manager Dan Jennings told Bowden on MLB Network Radio Stanton was not available. Samson wasn’t as definitive.

“We look at the Cardinals who didn’t re-sign Albert Pujols and they just won the pennant,” Samson said. “You really have to think about your team, your payroll. You have to think about how it’s going to work going forward and what percentage of your payroll will one player have or who you want to sign because there are always more players.

“It’s a complicated question, but we love Giancarlo and we don’t have to worry about it right now. He’s on our team. If here in Orlando all of a sudden someone comes with an offer Mike and Dan can’t refuse, anybody can get traded. That’s the point of having no no-trade clauses, but I would say it’s very unlikely that he will get dealt.”

President of Baseball Operations Michael Hill last week said discussions about when to approach Stanton with a multi-year offer were ongoing.